Another retailer lands at Bronx office complex

With the addition of a spa and salon, the Hutchinson Metro Center's shopping space is nearly full.

The newly completed Atrium at the Hutchinson Metro Center office and medical complex in the Bronx is nearly leased up, thanks to the latest addition—a Westchester-based spa and salon that recently signed on for 1,400 square feet at the property.

Tatiana's Day Spa & Hair Salon inked a 10-year deal at 1776 Waters Place, where asking rents range from $35 to $45 per square foot. It joins several other retailers, including LA Fitness, Dunkin' Donuts and Applebee's, in the Atrium, which is part of the complex being built by Simone Development.

When all of the Class A office and medical-use space comes online, there will be 8,000 workers at the complex each day, plus 5,000 daily visitors streaming in.

"When we are out there looking to lease space, we always ask what kind of amenities the complex needs to serve the existing tenants," said Simone's Joseph Kelleher, who oversees the Metro Center project. "But just as importantly, these amenities are a big plus for the surrounding community."

All told, the 42-acre campus contains a low-rise commercial building whose largest tenant is the Internal Revenue Service, a 13-story commercial office tower and a second tower that will house a bedless hospital run by the Montefiore Medical Center once it opens in the fall.

Tatiana will set up shop in the building known as the Atrium, where the retail space, several floors of commercial space and a soon-to-open Marriott Residence Inn, are located.

"With the Marriott Hotel going up there along with the gym, a lot of people will want to make a quick stop at the salon," said KZA Realty's Sherry Speirs-Scanlon, who represented Tatiana and Simone in the transaction.

The new location, which Tatiana plans to open in November, will be its second location.

Correction: Tatiana's Day Spa & Hair Salon recently signed a lease at 1776 Waters Place. The address was misstated in an earlier version of this article, published Aug. 27, 2014.